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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

28 April 2020

Being intelligent has allowed our species to conquer the world. Mark Maslin explains why evolution favoured an unusually brainy ape.

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Surprising ways the changing Earth shaped human evolution and society

16 April 2019

From the development of our remarkable brains to the geographic divides in the way we vote, our shape-shifting planet has guided the path of humanity

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